Just two girls and our efforts to be creative and get by.
I love that in the process of sharing about my year of crafting friends will come along and join me in the crafts that appeal to them. Just so with bookbinding! My lovely friend Jil was just as excited about it as I was. So …
On the illustrious road of trying to be a successful adult who eats well and saves money, I stumble more times than I run. Case in point I got so excited about returning from vacation and buying my own groceries that I spent all my …
Truthfully, my TBR list is so large even I think it’s time to chill on the book-buying. However, I am a book goblin who is never satisfied and wants to have a massive hoard of books. I’m making a little blog post to balance these …
One of the things I love about my childhood is that my parents always valued the magic of reading. I remember so many wonderful adventures to our local library where I would pick up all the books I could carry. Books were read to us …
Month two into my year of crafting and this month the craft was ceramics! A catalyst for this resolution/goal was that I really wanted to take a ceramics class but it kept falling by the wayside. Back at the end of 2022 I started googling …
This year I turned thirty, I am trying to be a strong independent woman about it, but I’m just not there yet and I don’t really want to talk about it. What I will talk about is what I did for my birthday! I commandeered …
I love New Year’s resolutions, or as I tend to do them New Year’s Goals. I spent a lot of time trying to think of the best goal for 2023. It all came down to this question: What is it that makes me joyful to …
I love buying books. I really love buying books. Whether it’s shiny new books with untracked spines and promotion stickers that are too difficult to peel off on the front or well-worn volumes you get for $2 at a thrift store. I love them all. …
I’m sure most people think how they learnt to do something is the best way, and I am no different. Aside from one class in grade 6 and some pointers from my mom, I taught myself how to sew. What kept me inspired was sewing …
If you’d asked me a couple of years ago if I bought books at the thrift store you’d probably see my eye twitch. Browsing the scrambled shelves of a thrift store is a skill that needs developing. Or at least that was the case for …